Primary herbivory by wood-boring insects along an architectural gradient of Rhizophora mangle

Biotropica

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 440-451

  Feller, Ilka C ^a   Mathis, Wayne N ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Herbivory; Inquilines; Mangrove; Plant architecture; Primary xylovory; Rhizophora mangle; Species richness; Twig feeding guild; Wood boring insects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003244193     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1997.tb00038.x     Document Type: Article

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